Mafia: The Old Country – 9 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay | IGN First

No he's right. Your tag checks out amazingly.

Great start to prove a point. The rest of ur post was more retarded than my tag and you completely missed the point. It's like complaining you shoot demons again in a Doom again. Do you complain that RDR, GTA and all other big names are the same? If you do, then I can gladly pass on the tag. Its fine to say, the game is boring, I dont care about it, but crying about a fucking Mafia game, being what the fans wanted it to be after that shithole 3rd game, is dumb as shit. Peace out brother.
 
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Keep going back and forth on if I want to finish Mafia 3 . . . it feels way too long, even with me trying to mainline it. I accidently started a DLC storyline, but I like this storyline so I'm sticking to it. It does get better after some upgrades, but still. I'm 20+ hours in and still have half the targets to kill. Starting to feel like it'll make me not want to play the new one.
 
Downloaded the "no damage racket mod", which works on all but 4 missions. Like you said it streamlines the other remaining 14 missions considerably.

Probably going to skip the optional missions, and just focus on story missions and DLC missions.

Love the shotgun. It's so totally overkill.
That is the way, it becomes an 8 hour very enjoyable game imo.
If H13 re-released it without the grind or side-content, just focusing on the main story like Mafia Remake I honestly believe the game would go way higher on people's consideration.
Every scene involving either the priest, Lincoln, Sal Marcano or Ray Donovan were a joy to behold and the gunplay and finishers feel pretty fucking good.

Keep going back and forth on if I want to finish Mafia 3 . . . it feels way too long, even with me trying to mainline it. I accidently started a DLC storyline, but I like this storyline so I'm sticking to it. It does get better after some upgrades, but still. I'm 20+ hours in and still have half the targets to kill. Starting to feel like it'll make me not want to play the new one.
Like I've commented on this thread before, install the mod mentioned above perhaps.
The game gets honestly very fucking boring with all the grind, without it though you can just focus on and enjoy the story and main missions. Becomes much better that way.
 
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It looks good but some textures look rough

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Let try to be positive about smaller budget better priced games for a second. I dont know if the game is gonna be good but iam happy to see the industry return to a bit more balance somewhat..
 
It looks good but some textures look rough

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It's a $50 game instead of 80.

As long as its fun who cares. Are you going to be inspecting every shrub and wall texture. A few lower res textures is fine as i am sure its not everywhere.

Graphics don't make a game. If we want more AA expiernces with good gameplay, then the pixel hunting graphic whoring needs to stop.

Some of my most played games are 2d indies, like rimworld , factorio, tome. I still play old fps like undying, system shock 2, thief, dues ex.
i'd take a new fps like this or something like resistance or killzone over the slop wam bam 200gb 5 hour campaign cods we get today.

Robocop and Expedition 33 were both great AA priced games and they delivered.
More of that and less cod /fortnite or $80 game with great graphics and lacking gameplay or atmosphere.
 
I will buy. Looks fun. We all really need to support smaller priced games if they are fun. I don't want to only have $80 games that come out every 6 years and take up half my hard drive.

There needs to be a market for a mid priced game. More experimental and less cookie cutter stuff can exist here.
Robocop, expedition 33, and greedfall all fit the bill for $49.99 priced AA games.
 
That is the way, it becomes an 8 hour very enjoyable game imo.
If H13 re-released it without the grind or side-content, just focusing on the main story like Mafia Remake I honestly believe the game would go way higher on people's consideration.
Every scene involving either the priest, Lincoln, Sal Marcano or Ray Donovan were a joy to behold and the gunplay and finishers feel pretty fucking good.


Like I've commented on this thread before, install the mod mentioned above perhaps.
The game gets honestly very fucking boring with all the grind, without it though you can just focus on and enjoy the story and main missions. Becomes much better that way.

Hmm, I've mainly been playing on steam deck, but this sounds like a better way to go. How does this affect the upgrades?
Guess I'll be playing on PC for now on. The bloat really kills this game.
 
Great start to prove a point. The rest of ur post was more retarded than my tag and you completely missed the point. It's like complaining you shoot demons again in a Doom again. Do you complain that RDR, GTA and all other big names are the same? If you do, then I can gladly pass on the tag. Its fine to say, the game is boring, I dont care about it, but crying about a fucking Mafia game, being what the fans wanted it to be after that shithole 3rd game, is dumb as shit. Peace out brother.
RDR 2 was a paradigm shift in terms of gameplay. Same for gta 5. They all brought something new to the table. This game looks 10 YEARS out of date. It is the same game we've played, in a budget version. Worse graphics, samey gameplay. THere's nothing good to say about this game. You are making a bunch of false equivalences to prove your inexistent point.
 
Looks like a 360 game and doesn't fix any of the slop found in Mafia Remastered.

Shame. The OG on PC had so much potential. I don't think gamers at large have the attention span for it.
 
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IGN is shit quality, nothing new, but it's quite clear here though. That's just visuals though. But we'll see about this game. Right now it definitely doesn't seem like a must buy on day one.
 
paradigm shift

You must've been high as shit then. While RDR2 was a phenomenal game in story, characters and atmosphere, its gameplay was pretty much average, kinda the same way you're complaining about Mafia. Also let me remind you that the Mafia budget is I'd say around 100 times less than GTA or RDR. So with that taken into account let me tell you something that'll blow your mind: we have received in decades of games, a ton of games with simple mechanics that were amazing. Games do not need to have new mechanics to be amazing. Simplicity can do wonders. Its people like you who complain about "wHy doEs tHe gaMe nOt hAve pLatForming" or why cant you make your own character, or why doesnt it have useless minigames, or crafting, or whatever the fuck, thats ruining games. Companies make games to please the general audience, but nowadays they have to deal with any cunt who cries that it lacks this useless thing or useless that. If they wanted to make a Mafia game a simple TPS with a brutal story, then let them do it, its their vision. Crying like a bitch that it plays the same as all other TPS is the dumbest thing on the planet. Your logic is that if a game adds minigames or platforming, instead of a yawn it turns into wow. What the fuck. Im done.
 
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I'm definitely not gonna write the game off, that would be ridiculous solely based on 9 minutes of gameplay, what could possibly be one of the more less interesting missions too.

What I hope is that we will have missions taking place in the city itself, maybe have us going inside shops, just general buildings, have shootouts there, maybe some chases? It's the stuff Sleeping Dogs has a lot and I loved that stuff.

This studio proved with Mafia 3 that they CAN make awesome, well written characters, a interesting story, fun driving mechanics, fun combat (combat in 3 is plenty fun in my book) and not to mention the three DLCs. So hopefully this here is just a case of them having picked the wrong mission to showcase the game.

Please, please let stealth missions be minimal here. Or at least never mandatory. Not sure if the player could have just decided to shoot it out here right from the start, hope we can.
 
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Mafia 3's story and acting was also pretty fucking great, it has some of the best acting in the whole franchise imo, too bad H13 decided to bloat the game with shite Ubisoft style slop.
There's a mod that lets you pretty much remove the grind and it honestly becomes a very fun, story-centric, little game. Almost like a Punisher game set in the 60s.


Haven't played the 3rd game. Dudes at Hangar 13 don't seem to understand what makes Mafia great. Just like LA Noire it's a extremely linear games set in an semi open world with major focus on story, characters, and its writing. Adding unnecessary bloat just doesn't make any sense. I was excited at this game but after seeing more of it, it's just gonna be another cover, duck, stealth shooter with people yapping in between. It's a shame because the setting looks really interesting.
 
animations look too stiff
massive downgrade compared to mafia 3. mafia 3 actually played great (main reason why I was able to endure that game)
i hope the story delivers. but i don't have high hopes
 



IGN is shit quality, nothing new, but it's quite clear here though. That's just visuals though. But we'll see about this game. Right now it definitely doesn't seem like a must buy on day one.

Thats such a misleading comparrison. IGN always guts bitrate. It looks the same. Maybe some AO differences causeing some contrast fo be lost cause orginal footage was probably PC version.
 
Hmm, I've mainly been playing on steam deck, but this sounds like a better way to go. How does this affect the upgrades?
Guess I'll be playing on PC for now on. The bloat really kills this game.
Tbh I can't answer that, I don't really remember. I do remember I had an M16 by the end of the game so I do think you can still get upgrades.
Haven't played the 3rd game. Dudes at Hangar 13 don't seem to understand what makes Mafia great. Just like LA Noire it's a extremely linear games set in an semi open world with major focus on story, characters, and its writing. Adding unnecessary bloat just doesn't make any sense. I was excited at this game but after seeing more of it, it's just gonna be another cover, duck, stealth shooter with people yapping in between. It's a shame because the setting looks really interesting.
I think they managed that pretty well with the Remake while also maintaining most of the good stuff they did in Mafia 3 and they also added new scenes which I liked personally. I know some people didn't appreciate the changes but I honestly think Mafia Remake is one of the best remakes out there, especially for the price so I'm confident they can pull it off with this game, they seem to have learned the right lessons from both Mafia 3 and Mafia Remake.
I say give them a chance and wait for the reviews, judging the game from this little sneak peek is harsh considering their history with this franchise imo.
 
looks like I already played this game 100 times.
Yeah, this is rather tired, the graphics are sub-par and the music is cheesy God Father rip off.

Not to mention: why are their footsteps so abnormally loud in the opening? Do they wear mics on their shoes connected to speakers?
 
You must've been high as shit then. While RDR2 was a phenomenal game in story, characters and atmosphere, its gameplay was pretty much average, kinda the same way you're complaining about Mafia. Also let me remind you that the Mafia budget is I'd say around 100 times less than GTA or RDR. So with that taken into account let me tell you something that'll blow your mind: we have received in decades of games, a ton of games with simple mechanics that were amazing. Games do not need to have new mechanics to be amazing. Simplicity can do wonders. Its people like you who complain about "wHy doEs tHe gaMe nOt hAve pLatForming" or why cant you make your own character, or why doesnt it have useless minigames, or crafting, or whatever the fuck, thats ruining games. Companies make games to please the general audience, but nowadays they have to deal with any cunt who cries that it lacks this useless thing or useless that. If they wanted to make a Mafia game a simple TPS with a brutal story, then let them do it, its their vision. Crying like a bitch that it plays the same as all other TPS is the dumbest thing on the planet. Your logic is that if a game adds minigames or platforming, instead of a yawn it turns into wow. What the fuck. Im done.
The gameplay expanded significantly on the previous game. The world was much more reactive, and the levels were more open. Even if you think the gmaeplay was mediocre ,which it is, I agree, (I am not a fan of rockstar games), those games still have something going for them that cannot be ignored - unprecedented levels of realism and production quality. That in itself can make a game worth playing. GTA 6 will also have the same advantage.

And you keep putting words in my mouth. I never said this game needed useless minigames. I HATE open world bloat. Stop making up bullshit just so you can counter a point I never made. You're a coward.
This game, no matter how lean it is, is still pathetic because its gameplay is 10 years out of date, its presentation quality and animations is 7 years out of date, and story, no matter how good that may be, is not enough to carry a whole game. This game is worthless filler.
 
I'm definitely not gonna write the game off, that would be ridiculous solely based on 9 minutes of gameplay, what could possibly be one of the more less interesting missions too.

What I hope is that we will have missions taking place in the city itself, maybe have us going inside shops, just general buildings, have shootouts there, maybe some chases? It's the stuff Sleeping Dogs has a lot and I loved that stuff.

This studio proved with Mafia 3 that they CAN make awesome, well written characters, a interesting story, fun driving mechanics, fun combat (combat in 3 is plenty fun in my book) and not to mention the three DLCs. So hopefully this here is just a case of them having picked the wrong mission to showcase the game.

Please, please let stealth missions be minimal here. Or at least never mandatory. Not sure if the player could have just decided to shoot it out here right from the start, hope we can.
this is what they decided to show off. It aint getting better than this 90 percent chance.
 
Funny how you guys picked this game to complain about gameplay innovation. A smaller budget, 50 bucks multiplatform Mafia game from Hangar 13.
You should redirect this energy to this generation's big budget AAA games who have all the money and time and deliver same slop.
I like what I see for that price and I also get it's an AA game.

Went into a comments on youtube, and I saw that they are pointing out there aren't any AAA quality animations for hand movements, picking objects up etc.

It's all about complaining nowadays, I guess.

Do a smaller budget game more quickly and at lower price at that, get grilled you don't have any small details dialed in like ND or Rockstar, lmao.

I personally was so into the trailer I only noticed stutters and those were meh for me. And otherwise I didn't see stuff I didn't really like.

I love stealth games so for me stealth segments are a joy to behold. I'm curious if our knife won't get sharpened what happens with takedowns.

Day 1 for me if there isn't any stutter fest.

EDIT: As someone has pointed out already, I really like the walk to run animation while reloading and taking cover.
 
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Funny how you guys picked this game to complain about gameplay innovation. A smaller budget, 50 bucks multiplatform Mafia game from Hangar 13.
You should redirect this energy to this generation's big budget AAA games who have all the money and time and deliver same slop.
Well, the thing is that smaller budget games are more suited to innovate and experiment because there are far less financial risks involved. So your argument is kinda moot
 
RDR 2 was a paradigm shift in terms of gameplay. Same for gta 5. They all brought something new to the table. This game looks 10 YEARS out of date. It is the same game we've played, in a budget version. Worse graphics, samey gameplay. THere's nothing good to say about this game. You are making a bunch of false equivalences to prove your inexistent point.
GTAV has the most cookie cutter shooting mechanics ther are... Everyone complained how simple it was after Rockstar had just released Max Payne 3.
 
Hangar 13 are a dogshit studio and have no business overseeing this glorious franchise.

This turd is probably all they could salvage after a decade of scrambling for ideas.
 
Will probably buy this game to bridge the time until MGS Delta is released - if the plot is good that is and it doesn't turn out to be a disaster in some other way. Really hope it's good as I would love to see more shorter and reasonably priced games like it in the future. These are the games I grew up with.
 
I'm convinced most people here hate everything
Some people seem to like to pounce onto any minute detail that doesn't meet or blow their expectations, yeah. Same goes for cherry picking freeze frames from videos in order to misrepresent a brittle point through a captured nano second. Its a shame.
 
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